Alabama ELA Standard: 1.LF.32.a

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

How many different ways can we use the word “care”? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

How many different ways can we use the word “fruit”? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?

What happens when we switch out a “but” with a “so”? An “and” with a “for”? How can such tiny words make such big differences?

Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

A specific technique to help students add some spice to their writing. We’ll be writing sentences with three dependent clauses.

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at school.

Students pick from 12 random phrases to create a story about an incident in a restaurant.

Students use 12 random phrases to write a story that takes place in at an amusement park.

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in at a magical school.

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in space!

In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings – without changing a single word!

Can your students spot the run-on sentences?

‘Add more variety!’ teachers say. But how? This lesson gives students actual techniques instead of vague advice.